FOCUS: Achieving Your Highest Priorities

Some of the Core Competencies that can be strengthened through the Focus workshop:

Focusing Energy

iDeveloping energy h Establishing/clarifying values i Setting personal/professional goals i Aligning goals to mission-critical priorities i Focusing on outcomes  and becoming engaged.

Achieving Results

iExecuting strategyiFocusing on important rather than merely urgent priorities,iDefining enabling tasks to achieve key goals eliminate low prioritiesiPrioritizing tasks iUsing planning toolsiManaging information.

Personal and Professional Life Balance

iAchieving life balance iPracticing self-renewal.

Learning Objectives

Participants who experience the Focus workshop discover how to:

Ø       Achieve balance and renewal in life to avoid burnout and cycles of frustration.

Ø       Apply a goal-setting process that gets results.

Ø       Stay focused everyday with a reliable planning system that integrates application tools (planner, PDA, desktop).

Ø       Gain control of the competing demands for time – e-mail, voice mail, meetings, and interruptions.

•   Reduce stress by recognizing and eliminating low-priority activities and distractions

Workshop Features

Ø       Includes the Focus Assessment – a pre- and post-workshop evaluation – to infuse in the learner greater meaning of the course content and to measure productivity improvement.

Ø       Teaches how to integrate and use planning tools such as the Franklin PlannerÒ, PDA, and PlanPlusÔ for MicrosoftÒ OutlookÒ

Ø       Provides participants clear understanding of how to generate passion and engagement in their personal and professional lives.

Ø       Establishes a goal-setting process to help the learner become more focused.

Ø       Gives technology tips and best practices to help learners manage the onslaught of information they receive daily.